The Boyd County Jail is situated in Butte, Nebraska. The Boyd County Sheriff’s Office is the law enforcement agency is responsible for day to day operation of the Boyd County Jail.

The Boyd County Jail is medium-security detention center. The facility houses both adult female and adult male inmates. The facility does not house any juvenile inmates.

The Boyd County Jail is home to inmates who are waiting for their trial to start, going through their trial, and inmates who are waiting to be sentenced. However, there are a handful of inmates who have already been sentenced as well. Most of the inmates that have been sentenced will carry a sentence of two years and less.

Not all inmates who are in the Boyd County Jail are residents of Boyd County. The Boyd County Jail also accepts inmates on a local, state, and even federal level 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They frequently take in inmates from the Butte Police Department. As this facility does not have its own lock-up area.

The Boyd County Jail takes in new inmates every day. They do release inmates after they posted bond, was put on probation or finished their sentence.

Inmates in the facility can become a trusted inmate. When you are a trusted inmate, you can have the opportunity to have a job within the facility such as working in the laundry section, kitchen, or an orderly. This job will come with a small salary and the chance to have a few days shaved off your sentence.